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Engine Specific Info and Questions => IDI Engine => Topic started by: silvertdi on December 28, 2007, 09:59:24 pm

Title: Relocated batteries
Post by: silvertdi on December 28, 2007, 09:59:24 pm

Can you post pictures of your relocated batteries?  My battery mounting plate is rusted and I'm thinking of relocating it so that I can fit an intercooler in the engine bay at some point.  Thanks for the help.
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Title: What year car
Post by: bigblockchev on December 29, 2007, 12:04:33 am

There is room in the trunk on the ledge for a battery box on either side of the car in a MK2 or 3 Jetta. We don't know what car you have so can't help more. Cheers Dan

Title: Relocated batteries
Post by: 935racer on December 29, 2007, 12:26:00 am

I'll take a picture of mine tomorrow.

Title: Relocated batteries
Post by: jtanguay on December 29, 2007, 03:12:55 am

my brother can get huge batteries... but they are like 1000CCA+ so i really want one (cheap $ too but good quality) so i'm looking to relocate myself as well.

one gauge all the way to the front.  don't forget that you want something like a pillar somewhere for boosting purposes (like the Audi 5000.  i think the 4000 has the battery up front?) i wouldn't use the chassis as the main source of the ground either.  good way to rust your chassis faster through electrolysis.  run a nice 1 gauge right to the starter and maybe block... that should suffice :)

is much juice really lost when moving the battery to the rear?  some people say there is a lot of power loss, but with 1 gauge wires???  maybe 6-7 feet of cable?  i might end up making my own box too if the battery is too big.  :lol:

Title: Relocated batteries
Post by: Tintin on December 29, 2007, 06:57:39 am

With 600AMP ANL fuse, and I do not see any difference for the starting RPM, just a little lag for the first 1 second of starting.

I made stock-car ice race during 7 years with this same battery set-up, modified V8 chevrolet motor, after a week at -25 and the engine started just fine.

(http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/8638/trunkbattery2qk5.th.jpg) (http://img256.imageshack.us/my.php?image=trunkbattery2qk5.jpg)

Title: Relocated batteries
Post by: silvertdi on December 29, 2007, 08:17:27 am

Oh, I forgot to mention...my car is a mk1 rabbit.